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11 Aug 2025

IFI@BrieryGap | CAL

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11 Aug 2025

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8pm start time | Doors open from 7.30pm 

Cert 16

Film Synopsis | In Northern Ireland, 19-year-old Cal (John Lynch) is a driver for an IRA gang who kill an RUC constable. Already ambivalent in his allegiance to the cause, Cal struggles to extricate himself when he falls for Marcella (Helen Mirren), the Catholic wife of the murdered constable. When they become lovers, their relationship pushes Cal’s tenuous IRA loyalties to breaking point as they begin to form bonds that challenge the prevailing sectarian politics. In this faithful adaptation of Bernard McLaverty’s novella, O’Connor has painted a vivid picture of isolation and disenfranchisement of a young Catholic man in a film that argues for the triumph of romance over the brutality of a war that made normal life impossible. Mirren won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance.

Please note | An introduction recorded by Helen Mirren is included as part of show running

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mirren won best actress at Cannes in 1984 for her role as Marcella, who forms a relationship with John Lynch’s Cal – a man complicit in her husband’s murder

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Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian

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